Poetic Lenses: Our Fifteenth Annual Look at Debut Poetry
Ten debut poets published in 2019, including Camonghne Felix and Jake Skeets, share their advice, inspiration, and path to publication.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Ten Questions for Jeffrey Colvin
“I had to imagine the life of characters who shared some of my own history but had their own unique ways of being in the world.” —Jeffrey Colvin, author of Africaville
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Craft Capsule: Revising the Archive
Cameron Awkward-Rich discusses turning archival research—traces of the past—into poems.
Ten Questions for Jeff VanderMeer
“Writing—the writing it down—has increasingly become the least important part of the process. Living in the world of the novel, existing as the characters, viewing the day-to-day from their perspective, is the most important thing.” —Jeff VanderMeer, author of Dead Astronauts
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Distant Places and Pulses: A Conversation With Nathalie Handal
The author of Life in a Country Album discusses her influences, the idea of borders, and her multinational background.
Ten Questions for Dexter Palmer
“Sometimes at the end of an eight-hour day I’d have a single paragraph to show for it.” —Dexter Palmer, author of Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
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Matt Brogan to Lead Poetry Society of America
Matt Brogan is the new executive director of the Poetry Society of America. He takes the helm from Alice Quinn, who led the organization for more than eighteen years.
Ten Questions for Nina MacLaughlin
“Much of the book I had no recollection of writing, and it was strange to be confronted with what I’d done, as though I was getting access to parts of my mind I hadn’t known existed.” —Nina MacLaughlin, author of Wake, Siren
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Ten Questions for Elaine Equi
“Don’t be afraid to cut it if it’s not working.” —Elaine Equi, author of The Intangibles
Ten Questions for Malcolm Tariq
“My preferred notebook is a sharp-cornered, hardcover Roaring Spring black marble composition book with 20# paper, item number 77461, college ruled—I’m a Pisces and need a line to keep me grounded.” —Malcolm Tariq, author of Heed the Hollow
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I Just Published a Book: Why Am I Depressed?
A debut memoirist speaks up about post-publication blues and offers some suggestions for how to cure them.
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Ten Questions for Kai Cheng Thom
“I don’t trust any readers! And readers shouldn’t trust any writers. We’re all scoundrels, down to the last.” —Kai Cheng Thom, author of I Hope We Choose Love
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Ten Questions for Jami Attenberg
“In college I had a fiction teacher tell me to make every sentence so good that the reader would have to read the next one. So basic and obvious but I needed to hear it.” —Jami Attenberg, author of All This Could Be Yours
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Ten Questions for Mimi Lok
“I sometimes wish the writing process for me was faster, but things need to percolate in their own time.” —Mimi Lok, author of Last of Her Name
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Ten Questions for Adrienne Brodeur
“Read like your work depends on it. It does.” —Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game
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Kurt Vonnegut on Writing and Talent
The legendary author of Slaughterhouse-Five explores some of the fundamental questions facing aspiring writers.
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Let the Earth Stabilize You: Postcard From New York City
On October 7, Aracelis Girmay and U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo read from recent work at the 92nd Street Y.
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Tokarczuk, Handke Win Nobel Prizes in Literature
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke have won Nobel Prizes in literature.
The Written Image: Heaven’s Vault
Heaven’s Vault, a video game by inkle, requires players to translate the runes of an ancient language.
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Q&A: A Century of Yale Younger Poets
Carl Phillips, the longtime judge of the Yale Younger Poets prize and the editor of the anthology Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets, on how the prize has evolved during the past century.
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Literary MagNet: Leigh Camacho Rourks
The author on five journals that published pieces from her story collection, Moon Trees and Other Orphans.
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Small Press Points: Unnamed Press
Unnamed Press, an L.A.–based press, aims to publish story-driven books by underrepresented or marginalized voices.
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Narrative Medicine for Doctors
A narrative medicine program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison helps doctors care for themselves and others through storytelling.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Grand Union by Zadie Smith and Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout.
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Where Poetry Meets Journalism
Poet and journalist Alissa Quart is bringing documentary poetry to major media outlets.
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